The political party Vetëvendosje Movement (LVV) held a press conference today to mark the 12th anniversary of Kosovo’s Amnesty Law, denouncing it as a damaging compromise and a historic mistake stemming from the 2013 normalization agreement with Serbia.
LVV MP Arberesha Kryeziu stated that the Amnesty Law resulted from the agreement signed on June 27, 2013, between then-Prime Ministers Hashim Thaçi and Ivica Dačić, which laid the groundwork for granting amnesty to Serb criminals.
“Today, July 11, marks 12 years since the Assembly, despite VV’s opposition, made a harmful decision to pass the Amnesty Law — a compromise that emerged from negotiations with Serbia. This so-called normalization agreement enabled the formation of the Association of Serb-Majority Municipalities and included a clause to amnesty criminals. Its adoption was a damaging compromise and a historical mistake,” said Kryeziu.
Another VV MP, Artan Abrashi, connected the law’s approval with the anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, calling it a “tragic irony.”
“This law was passed at a time when the Balkans and Europe commemorate the worst massacre since WWII — the Srebrenica genocide. While Serbia’s crime was being remembered there, Kosovo was offering amnesty here. That this law brought no real change in the north of the country is best evidenced by the last four years of our governance,” he stated.
The Amnesty Law, part of the 2013 EU-brokered normalization process, remains controversial — particularly among those who believe it compromised justice for political expediency.
